GOSSETT v. JACKSON

Record No. 941160.

457 S.E.2d 97 (1995)

Michael Kraig GOSSETT, etc., et al. v. Jeffrey Lawrence JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen J. Gordon, Chesapeake (Erik P. Gordon, Chesapeake and Robert B. Kendall, Virginia Beach, on briefs), for appellants.

Benjamin P. Lynch, Jr., Norfolk (Harris, Fears, Davis, Lynch & McDaniel, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal of a judgment in a negligence action arising out of the operation of an automobile, we consider whether the plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the defendant.

Michael Kraig Gossett, an infant, by his mother and next friend, Carolyn Gossett, and Carolyn Gossett, individually, filed this action against Jeffrey Lawrence Jackson. The plaintiffs alleged that...

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